NCA

McDonald And Britton Double Up At Lang Lang

With sunshine a plenty we headed down the South Gippsland highway on Sunday to Lang Lang for the GOTBA Cup and other supporting events. The...

Moving Up

Prospects for the National Distance Championship in Perth have sharpened up no end following Dusty Moonshine's third successive win over the Wentworth Park 720m trip....

Grace And Polish At Longwood

After receiving a great number of nominations all was looking well for a superb Derby and Oaks meeting. Whilst the weather during the week left...

National Questions Emerging

A very odd package of races tonight in Queensland, Victoria and SA. Fourteen races in the three states are heats of the respective state's qualifying...

The Gardens Greyhound Club Conducting First Meeting Friday

A new era has begun for Newcastle's premier greyhound track with the formation of The Gardens Greyhound Club, who will conduct their first meeting this...

Background To The Peter Mosman Memorial

On 6 September 1987 the greyhound community was stunned by the sudden death of Peter Mosman, the 52-year-old chairman of the GBOTA. This charismatic man,...

This Week In Racing History

JUNE 11th Yannick (box one) won the 1998 Tweed Heads Galaxy by six lengths, running 23.32 to set a new track record for the 420...

New Club Formed To Manage The Gardens

The Gardens has been plagued by controversy for most of its relatively short life, but Greyhound Racing New South Wales (GRNSW) is hoping that the...

Winter Arrived At Longwood

This weekend we headed up the Hume Highway to Longwood for the 2014 Longwood Cup, sponsored once again by Burton's Supa IGA – Euroa. Another...

Background to the Ladies Bracelet

It was a race inaugurated by the GBOTA, who were then operating out of Harold Park, to compete with the very successful National Futurity, run...

Ten Years Of Confusion Coming Up

Well, this time we have the Sun Herald to thank for bringing out into the open what is apparently an ongoing but secretive investigation into...

Association Cup: 50 Years Of Grand History

This week's final of the Association Cup will mark the 50th running of the Association Cup, the second-oldest of the four major Sydney distance cups....

Zoom Top: The ‘Bradman’ Of Australian Greyhound Racing

In the pantheon of greyhound racing's superstars there is just one name, almost Bradman-like if one is seeking sporting comparisons, standing practically head and shoulders...

This Week in Racing History

MARCH 26th World Park Ned defeated Queenslander Hardell by just three-quarters of a length to take out the 1983 National Derby, run over 530 metres...

NSW Greyhound Of The Year Shock

Double Twist and Jagger Swagger were announced as the joint winners of the 2013 NSW Greyhound of the Year title in a ceremony held at...

This Week in Racing History

MARCH 5th Flying Brinnie scored an amazing win over 500 yards (457 metres) at Lismore in 1949. After turning around in the boxes, Flying Brinnie...

Track Design – Is Anything Happening There?

According to Greek philosopher Aristotle long, long ago, “nature abhors a vacuum” and tries to fill it up. As it happens, a bloke named Einstein...

This Week In Racing History

FEBRUARY 19th Star big-track sprinter El Gazelle won a Free For All over 457 metres at Cessnock in 1973, recording his eighth successive victory. The...

This Week in Racing History

FEBRUARY 12th Arabian Dixie, aged six years and one month, scored at Newcastle in 1949, her fourth victory at the track. It took her overall...

The Hearings – Sad And Sadder

It was a bit sad, really. The demonstration from an anti-racing group outside Sydney's Mitchell Library last Thursday included a loud speaker, lots of banners...

This Week in Racing History

FEBRUARY 5th Champion all-distance chaser Sentinel won the 1936 NSW 700 yards (684 metres) Championship, run at Maitland, by six lengths from Gay Toby, running...

The Thin Edge Of The Wedge?

The Victorian Parliament has just enacted a law which allows the Racing Integrity Commission and racing stewards to haul in to their inquiries any, “people...

Retracing The Steps Of The National Derby

This year marks the sixth time the NCA Derby, or National Derby, has been run at the Gardens venue and the 52nd running overall. As...

This Week in Racing History

JANUARY 29th A record crowd attended Wentworth Park in 1972 to watch a non-betting hurdle race. The runners had come up from Victoria. The winner...

This Week in Racing History

JANUARY 15th Queensland stayer Worthy Reward annexed the 1994 Association Cup final at Wentworth Park, scoring by four lengths over Beau Rajah and Rob's Rebel...